Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for United Microelectronics (UMC)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of United Microelectronics (NYSE: UMC) recently:

• 8/10/2026 – United Microelectronics was upgraded by Arete Research from “neutral” to “buy”.
• 7/30/2026 – United Microelectronics was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c)” to “hold (c+)”.
• 7/28/2026 – United Microelectronics was upgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong-buy”.
• 7/25/2026 – United Microelectronics was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 7/12/2026 – United Microelectronics was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 6/27/2026 – United Microelectronics was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.

United Microelectronics Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 8th were paid a $0.4122 dividend. This is a positive change from United Microelectronics’s previous annual dividend of $0.37. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 8th. This represents a yield of 166.0%. United Microelectronics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 28.97%.

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is a Taiwan-based semiconductor foundry that provides wafer fabrication and related manufacturing services to a global customer base. Founded in 1980, the company operates as a pure-play foundry, producing integrated circuits for a range of customers including fabless semiconductor companies and integrated device manufacturers. UMC is publicly listed (NYSE: UMC) and focuses on high-reliability manufacturing rather than branding consumer products.

UMC’s core services encompass wafer fabrication using a portfolio of process technologies, with particular emphasis on mature and specialty nodes that support analog, power-management, radio-frequency (RF), and mixed-signal applications.